Craig Clay

I know this has been debated quite a bit recently, but I'm really surprised and disappointed that Hurst let Craig Clay go.  He's maybe not a world beater, but I think he's solid, does the ugly stuff well, and earned the right to a new contract, personally.  His departure is the only one I'm gutted about, the others made more sense.  In Hurst we trust, of course, but on this occasion I think Clay would have fitted right in with the squad we need for the League 2 battle.  I may be wrong, but I think he deserved the chance to prove himself at League level as he did well for us in the Conference and certainly played his part in a successful season.  I said last season that he deserved to play in the Bristol Rovers final over Scott Brown, and I stand by that.  He stuck his penalty away too, when he did come on......

I really hope he sorts himself out with a good contract, at a good club, at a decent level (top-end conference, minimum, maybe even a League 2 rival).  If you're reading this, Craig, good luck for the future, you were one of my favourite players, and you'll get a good reception from me when you next play at Blundell Park.  Maybe you'll even wear the black and white again one day, who knows.......

UTM.

Agree. He was very solid in the play off final, and that was a game we controlled from the midfield.

It is to be hoped that Hurst has his sights on bringing in experienced L2 or L1 players, but even so I would have thought Clay would be a useful squad member.

I wouldn't be surprised if he ended up at Wrexham.

His agent is Jake Speight who used to play for Wrexham and they have already signed a couple of his players.

Quoted from Les Brechin

I wouldn't be surprised if he ended up at Wrexham.

His agent is Jake Speight who used to play for Wrexham and they have already signed a couple of his players.

Wrexham would be a good fit for him, I'm sure.  Wrexham and Tranmere for promotion next season, I reckon.  Mind you, I never even considered Cheltenham to be a rival last pre-season, so there's bound to be some surprises in there somewhere.

If Clay were to sign for Lincoln, I'd hate them slightly less than normal, but Tranmere or Wrexham is more like what he deserves.

The jake speight who did a bit of bird ?

I think he deserved a chance in the league with Town.
Hope he gets fixed up.
He was a big reason Town were promoted, big thanks and all the best to the lad 👍

Right decision for me. Decent, hard working player but think we can do better. Good luck to him though and he will always be one of the squad that got us back up.

Think he'll end up back at York personally!

My worry is that hurst might've given himself a bit much to do in the transfer market, specially with nolan going, and wanting a bigger squad aswell. Not every signing hurst makes fits into our system, whether its attitude or style, so to be left with one ageing midfielder, means he's gonna have to sign 3, and we surely havn't got the financial backing to be able to sign 3 midfielders who are of the quality that we can be 100% sure they'll be a success, and then to stick one or two of them on the bench alot too.

Think clay would've really appreciated a chance with us even if it had been back up, and the team seemed better with him in. Just expected we'd add a few quality players to our core promotion squad and maintain the good feeling, but now feels like a bit of a rebuild and a leap of faith. Just need the signings to start rolling in and current players to sign their contracts and i'll feel better.

Quoted from Heisenberg

I know this has been debated quite a bit recently, but I'm really surprised and disappointed that Hurst let Craig Clay go.  He's maybe not a world beater, but I think he's solid, does the ugly stuff well, and earned the right to a new contract, personally.  His departure is the only one I'm gutted about, the others made more sense.  In Hurst we trust, of course, but on this occasion I think Clay would have fitted right in with the squad we need for the League 2 battle.  I may be wrong, but I think he deserved the chance to prove himself at League level as he did well for us in the Conference and certainly played his part in a successful season.  I said last season that he deserved to play in the Bristol Rovers final over Scott Brown, and I stand by that.  He stuck his penalty away too, when he did come on......

I really hope he sorts himself out with a good contract, at a good club, at a decent level (top-end conference, minimum, maybe even a League 2 rival).  If you're reading this, Craig, good luck for the future, you were one of my favourite players, and you'll get a good reception from me when you next play at Blundell Park.  Maybe you'll even wear the black and white again one day, who knows.......

UTM.

Decent player, decent pro, decent lad and he will get a decent club. If Scott Brown can get a shirt at Accrington (no disrespect meant to Scott) it's not all over for Craig Clay by a long chalk.